Medicare applies a multiple procedure payment reduction (MPPR) to the practice expense component of certain therapy services. Since April 1, 2013, this MPPR rate is 50 percent for both office and institutional settings.
Farmingdale is located close to the center of New Jersey. Farmingdale is part of Monmouth County. Farmingdale has 0.52 square miles of land area and 0.00 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Farmingdale population is 1,329, which has shrunk 16.26% since 2000. The population growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of 4.49% and is much lower than the national average rate of 9.71%.
Howell Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1801, from portions of Shrewsbury Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Brick Township in the newly created Ocean County (February 15, 1850), Wall Township (March 7, 1851) and Farmingdale (April 8, 1903).